Mail Archives: djgpp/1993/12/12/12:08:53
> With the DPMI support of go32, djgpp programs could work under Windows or
> OS/2 DOS session, except graphics (I'm waiting for Csaba Biegl's new LIBGRX).
> I'm curious about how much far from the current djgpp support to OS/2 native
> support (at least text mode). I think they are so completely different that
> I cannot wish any OS/2 native support from djgpp. Am I correct?
> (I don't know much about OS/2, but I expect all system calls should be
> completely different that no support will be possible without writing from
> scratch.)
Since there are at least two other GCC ports (GCC/2 and EMX) that I am aware
of that run in native OS/2, there is no reason to even think about this. The
OS/2 APIs are so much different that the libraries would be a complete
rewrite; and then so would the loader/extender/linker-obj interface depending
on how you wanted to accomplish that.
Because I tri-boot all the time between DOS, OS/2 and NT, I get tired of
having different binaries for each op system. Using DJGPP apps everywhere
is easiest for me. That way when I need a new version I only have to build
it ONCE too (and 1/3 the disk space...).
I am looking at extending DJGPP to be able to write Windows type apps for
Win32s or Chicago (or NT), but the pace of that is glacial :-(
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